CITY OF HURST HISTORICAL TIMELINE |
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| 1841 |
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Peter's Colony formed, Hurst part of this grant. |
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| 1843 |
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Bird's Fort built south of Euless. Named for Jonathan Bird |
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| 1843 |
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September 29th - Treaty signed by Sam Houston, General Edward H. Tarrant, Ed Terrell, and the following Native American tribes: Wacos, Tehuaconos, Caddos, Delawares, Chicasaws, 30 scattered Cherokees, Ionics, Boluxies, and Andares. Hostile Comanches continually gave trouble. First treaty between Tarrant County settlers and the Native tribes. |
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| 1849 |
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december 20th - Tarrant County created from Navarro County. Named for General Edward H. Tarrant, Indian fighter, hero of the Mexican War, and member of the Texas Congress. Birdville, at the site of the present Haltom High School, named county seat. |
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| 1850 |
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August - First county election held in log cabin at Birdville. |
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| 1850 |
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Isaac Parker built a log cabin on land in the southwest corner of the present day City of Hurst - South of Hwy. 183 and across the railroad tracks. Cynthia Ann Parker, his niece, was captured in May 1836 by Comanche and Kiowa Indians from a fort near the present-day town of Groesbeck. After being recaptured from the Indians in 1860, she and her little daughter, Prairie Flower, were returned to relatives at this farm. She died of grief in East Texas in 1864. |
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| 1856 |
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November - Fort Worth made the seat of Tarrant County. Fort Worth is said to have won the election by 3 votes that were later found to be illegal. |
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| 1857 |
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Randol Mill built south of Hurst on the Trinity River. Operated by R.A. Randol until 1916. |
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| 1865 |
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Daniel Arwine came to Texas from Indiana. In 1879 he deeded six acres for school, church, and cemetery. The school - Red Sulphur Spring (later Arwine School, and now Bellaire) - was the first in the area. |
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| 1866 |
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Isham's Chapel Methodist Church founded (now the First Methodist Church of Hurst). 11 charter members. First one-room building also used as a schoolhouse. |
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| 1870 |
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William L. Hurst came from Horse Show Bend, Tennessee with his wife and 7 children. First settled near Grapevine, then Bedford, then finally Hurst about a mile north of Hwy. 183. Hurst first settled. |
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| 1912 |
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Railroad came through. Called Hurst Station |
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| 1949 |
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First Post Office |
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| 1950 |
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Population 200 |
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| 1951 |
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Ground-breaking ceremonies for Bell Helicopter Plant. |
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| 1952 |
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Incorporated into the City of Hurst. |
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| 1956 |
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City Charter adopted a Home Rule Government. Pop. 5,700. |
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| 1960 |
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Population 10,520 |
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| 1963 |
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Population 15,000 |
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| 1964 |
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Population 17,756 |
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| 1966 |
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Population 20,000 |
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| 1968 |
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Population 23,000 |
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| 1970 |
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Population 30,797 (Official from U.S. Census: 26,887) |
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| 2000 |
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Population 36, 275 |
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